CAMILLE SHAVON
Camille Shavon is the Owner/Operator of Hair Expressions in Bolivar TN. And Hair Expressions 2 in Jackson, TN. A Chicago native, Camille attended Whitney M Young Magnet High School where our First Lady, Michelle Obama, also attended 3 years prior. A mother of four children and grandmother of three, Camille has been in the Hair Care Industry for over 30 years as well as a Cosmetology Instructor for 27 years.
Camille Produced the first Hair Show in Hardeman County .and has excelled with platform artistry work for companies in Madison/Shelby Counties. Camille Shavon also worked for Peneil Productions on an Independent Film entitled “Street Rules” in 1997, worked for Chicago Studio City through Karen Peak Casting and made appearances on the T.V. sitcom “Cupid” starring major Hollywood actors such as Jeremy Pivens and Jeffery D. Sams, in 1998.
In 2005, Shavon joined the staff of the West Tennessee Examiner and produced the column “Hair Talk”. Camille Shavon is also a known and respected columnist by the CEO’s of major Hair Show Productions such as the Bronner Brothers Hair Show in Atlanta, GA., Hair Wars International, and The Proud Lady Hair Show in Chicago, Illinois. Camille has made appearances in Sophisticates Black Hair Magazine , the leading Black Hair Care Magazine in the Country.
Camille Shavon further assisted the Hardeman County Community in 2008 by developing and Chairing a committee including Hardeman County Mayor Willie Spencer in the production of “A Victory Celebration”-honoring the 1940-1941 Allen White girls basketball team who made history as the first African American girls team to win the National Negro League Championship in Tuskegee, Alabama where they witnessed First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt honor the Tuskegee Airmen.
-On February 26, 2010, Camille Shavon won the “Jewel” Award as Hair Expressions celebrated 20 years of service to Hardeman, Madison, Fayette, and Shelby Counties with an Anniversary Celebration in August of 2010. She was also named the Honorary Chairperson of the 2011 JEWEL Awards.
-In January of 2011, she established two radio segments entitled Hair Talk with Camille Shavon on WFKX and WOJG Radio Stations..The radio segments celebrated their 3 year Anniversary on air in January 2014.
-As a Free Lance Writer for the publication Spirit Magazine of Memphis (March 2011-Sept. 2011) Camille received the opportunity to write the June 2011 cover story which featured her photographs and coverage of President Barack Obama in Memphis. This was the Honor of a Lifetime!
-In May of 2011, Ms. Shavon made Hardeman County History as the First African American Director at the Hardeman County Arts Council of the production Driving Miss Daisy, which received raving reviews.
-April 2012 Camille Shavon received the Sterling Award &20 Most Influential Women in West Tennessee presented by The Jackson Sun Newspaper
-2014 became Chairman of Media and Publicity for the Madison County Branch of NAACP
-2014 Became Inducted The Links, Incorporated (Madison County Chapter)
-2015 Represented Madison County as the First Chairman of Media at the NAACP Image Awards
-2019 Founded Hair Talk with Camille Shavon Educational Courses where she has assisted in the License of over 100 braiders in The State of Tennessee.
-2019 First Film Assignment as Hair and Make Up Artist (HMU) on Award Nominated Film "Illegal Rose" starring re-known actress Jasmine Guy.
-2020 Published first Novel
-2021 Hair Expressions celebrates 31 years in Business in the City of Bolivar/Hardeman County Tennessee.